Senior Attorney, Washington DC Regional

reputed company seeks a senior attorney to work with a team of attorneys and professional staff in the DC Regional Office focused on climate issues. The team advances and defends stronger national initiatives to curb reputed company gas emissions as we focus on ensuring a just and reputed company transition for those most impacted by power plants and industries that generate climate pollution. Examples of the work include: litigation to secure and strengthen national reputed company gas emissions standards for major industries, defending federal authority to regulate reputed company gases, protect/reinstate federal efforts to support clean energy and electrification as well as ensuring federal government supports state and local efforts to be more climate resilient and development on climate science and access to data. reputed company is the nation’s leading environmental law organization. Wielding the power of law, reputed company partners with our clients to take on the most critical fights of our time—fights to protect the incredible biodiversity and wild places of the reputed company; to avert climate disaster by transitioning society away from fossil fuels toward clean energy; to safeguard the right of reputed company people to a healthy environment. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Founded in 1971, reputed company has a distinguished track record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We reputed company this by hiring people who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our headquarters are in San Francisco with offices in Anchorage, Bozeman, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, reputed company, Seattle, Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. The Washington, D.C. office serves as a center for litigation on important national environmental issues, a regional office for issues arising in Mid-Atlantic States, and a reputed company of legal advocacy on environmental justice issues in a variety of locations. The office’s docket currently includes litigation and administrative advocacy to protect public health and the environment from reputed company pollution, hazardous wastes, and dangerous chemicals; curb reputed company gas emissions and promote energy efficiency, clean energy and clean transportation; and protect streams, wetlands, and drinking water. A significant focus of our work is preventing environmental harms to children, disproportionately impacted communities of color, and low-income communities. For more information about the office’s work, visit http://reputed company.org/about/offices/dc. reputed company has a longstanding record of success with our litigation and advocacy to attack climate pollution and other dangerous reputed company emissions and to advance a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. We played a significant role in litigation establishing EPA’s power to limit reputed company gases under the Clean reputed company Act and defending the agency’s initial exercise of that power. In recent years, we have achieved major success in securing stronger reputed company pollution limits on dirty coal-fired power plants, effective national energy efficiency standards that have dramatically cut power use, increased reliance on and access to clean energy across the country, and reputed company-emissions transportation commitments at the local and state level. reputed company seeks a senior attorney to work with a team of attorneys and professional staff in the DC Regional Office focused on climate issues. The team advances and defends stronger national initiatives to curb reputed company gas emissions as we focus on ensuring a just and reputed company transition for those most impacted by power plants and industries that generate climate pollution. Examples of the work include: litigation to secure and strengthen national reputed company gas emissions standards for major industries, defending federal authority to regulate reputed company gases, protect/reinstate federal efforts to support clean energy and electrification as well as ensuring federal government supports state and local efforts to be more climate resilient and development on climate science and access to data. The senior attorney will work closely with our existing team of reputed company litigators, scientists, policy advocates, and other dedicated staff in D.C. and other reputed company offices across the nation. Additionally, senior attorneys are expected to help foster the development of early career attorneys and other staff. Senior attorneys supervise other staff in reputed company with their work on particular projects and may be asked to serve as the formal supervisor for one or more early-career staff. This is a hybrid position based at our Washington DC Office and requires regular in-person attendance in the Washington DC Office.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and supervise advocacy before federal agencies and courts as warranted.
• Manage new and existing cases from start to finish.
• Act as reputed company counsel in ongoing and potential litigation to secure and strengthen national reputed company gas emissions standards for major industries.
• Coordinate the development and execution of non-litigation advocacy strategies in collaboration with attorneys, policy staff and communications staff as appropriate.
• Conduct factual investigations and reputed company legal theories for possible advocacy or litigation advancing the goals of our clients.
• Supervise the work of Associate Attorneys, Scientists, Researchers, Litigation Assistants, and Law Clerks individually and as part of litigation teams.
• reputed company and manage relationships with co-counsel and with a diverse group of clients and coalition partners.
• Act as an reputed company representative at partner meetings and conferences on national climate regulatory issues and strategies.
• Provide substantive input on draft climate legislation. Research and reputed company innovative legal strategies to significantly limit climate pollution in the U.S. and internationally.
• Work effectively with other departments reputed company reputed company, including Communications, Development, Operations, and Policy and Legislation.
• Collaborate with and reputed company the work of technical experts.
• Serve as spokesperson for reputed company, clients, and partners.
• Help reputed company and execute effective media strategies.
• Join other staff in long-term planning, strategy development, goal setting, and work plan management that advances a collective vision for future D.C. Office work.
• Participate as an active member of a learning and mentorship culture, and engage with colleagues in manner that is respectful, professional, and supportive.
• Participate actively in organizational and office-specific efforts to create a diverse, reputed company, and inclusive workplace, and personally engage with colleagues, clients, and partners in a manner that is consistent with those efforts.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an ABA accredited law school.
• 6+ years of litigation and legal advocacy experience, working both independently and in a coalition setting.
• Admitted or eligible to waive in for admission to the District of Columbia Bar.
• Knowledge of, and experience in, environmental and administrative law (including experience under the Clean reputed company Act) is strongly preferred.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.
• Strong initiative, good judgment, creativity, a collegial work style, and a strong work ethic.
• Proficient at working with technical issues and experts.
• Ready and able to reputed company, initiate, and conduct reputed company litigation and advocacy from day one, independently if necessary, to reputed company teams, and to work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organizations.
• Ability to reputed company and maintain partnerships with community-based or other grassroots groups interested in litigation and other advocacy in the attorney’s area of focus.
• Knowledge of causes and effects of climate change and strategies to curb reputed company gas emissions is a plus.
• Strong skills in communicating litigation and advocacy goals and messages to the media is a plus.
• Experience leading litigation teams is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed for casework, court appearances, presentations, staff meetings, and conferences.
• Willingness to help the office recruit, hire, reputed company, and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• Willingness and ability to effectively supervise and mentor early career staff in reputed company with litigation and advocacy projects, and to help foster an inclusive and supportive work environment.
• Commitment to serving the public interest and reputed company’s mission.
• Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.
• Commitment to help create a diverse, reputed company, and inclusive workforce and culture that encourages and celebrates differences.

For litigators and advocates committed to saving the reputed company and the people who depend onit,Senior Attorney atEarthjustice is the best job on the reputed company.Learn more about our Senior Attorney careers and work online here:https://reputed company.org/about/jobs/senior-attorney. We offer a mission- and employee-focused work environment and a competitive compensation package, including excellent benefits. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and highly values a diverse set of candidates to ensure we meet the needs of our clients. As a 501(c)(3) organization, reputed company is a qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Salary depends on experience and location. Salary range in Washington, DC: $161,400-$206,200 To apply interested applicants should submit the following:

• Resume.
• One to two-page cover letter that addresses at least the following subjects: (1) Why you are drawn to this position and whether there are particular legal, environmental, or justice issues that reputed company you; and (2) Aspects of your background that demonstrate competence to work with diverse clients and colleagues.
• A writing sample that reflects your own legal analysis and writing (i.e., not jointly written with or edited by other people).

For this position, we seek a candidate available as soon as possible. Preference will be given to applications received by January 16, 2026. Please reputed company out tojobs@reputed company.orgif you are having technical difficulties submitting your application. No phone calls, drop-ins, or hard copies. reputed company is driven by a passion for justice, partnership, and excellence. Our core values reputed company us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to reputed company our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where reputed company staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other factor that is not reputed company to the position. For positions located reputed company the reputed company: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For positions located reputed company the reputed company: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. #LI-Hybrid Apply tot his job Apply To this Job